Jim Clark: School tax plan sets bad precedent

7:02 PM,
Jul. 23, 2013

Written by

Jim Clark

State Senator Debbie Smith's One View column ["Take this chance to fund school buildings" - July 21] starts off implying that if Washoe County Commissioners approve the tax increase authority delegated to them by the legislature in AB 46 it will only cost each taxpayer "$8 a month." That's not the whole story by a long shot. What she didn't discuss are some key issues taxpayers should be seriously concerned about.

First, such delegation to a five-person board is an "end around" the Nevada Constitution, which requires the votes of 28 assemblymen and 14 senators to raise taxes. If acted upon, it ...